J.K. Rowling

Author of the "Harry Potter" Series

James Dashner

Author of Many Children's Fantasy Series and Adult Books, Including "The Maze Runner" Series

Kristin Hannah

Award-Winning Author of "The Four Winds," "The Nightingale" & "Firefly Lane"

Between Sisters: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)

James Rollins

Former Veterinarian Turned Bestselling Author of International Thrillers

Jenny Han

Author of the #1 NY Times Best-Selling "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" Series

Simon Lovell

English Comedy Magician, Card Shark Actor and Con Man

Cassandra Clare

Author of the #1 New York Times, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal & Publishers Weekly Bestselling "Mortal Instruments" Series

Spike Lee

Academy Award-Winning Writer, Producer, Actor & Director; Best Known for "BlacKkKlansman" & "Malcolm X"

Wally Lamb

Best-Selling Novelist & Educator

Ken Burns

Historian & Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker

Jenny B. Jones

Award-Winning Author

George Pelecanos

Author, Independent Flim Producer & Television Writer

N.K. Jemisin

Hugo Award-Winning Speculative Fiction Writer

Patrick Ness

Author, Journalist, Lecturer & Screenwriter

Ted Chiang

Award-Winning Science Fiction Author

Anna Todd

#1 International & New York Times Best-Selling Author of the "After" Series, Producer, Entrepreneur & Innovator

Graham Moore

Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter Best Known for "The Imitation Game"

Donna Tartt

Pulitzer Prize Award-Winning Author of "The Secret History," "The Little Friend" & "The Goldfinch"

Kimberly McCreight

Kimberly McCreight is the author of the New York Times Bestselling RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA. "Like Gone Girl it should be hailed as one of the best books of the year," Entertainment Weekly. (Grade A).

Robert M. Edsel

Author and Founder & President of the Monuments Men Foundation

Shonda Rhimes

Executive Producer, Screenwriter, & Author

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Jeffrey Eugenides

Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, "The Virgin Suicides," "Middlesex," and "The Marriage Plot"

Francine Rivers

New York Times Best-Selling Author

Bruce Boxleitner

Actor & Science Fiction and Suspense Writer

Stephenie Meyer

Author of the Best-Selling "Twilight" Series

James Patterson

NY Times Best-Selling Author & Reading Champion

George R.R. Martin

Author of the "Game of Thrones" Series

Stephen King

Award-Winning Author of Contemporary Horror

Joyce Maynard

Journalist & Best-Selling Author

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Jeremy Scahill

Journalist & Warfare Expert